MASS MEDIA – AUSTRALIA

Magazine readership finishes 2016 on a high

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Feb-17

Roy Morgan Research has released the Australian Magazine Print Readership and Cross-Platform Audience results for the 12 months to December 2016. Print magazines reached 12,658,000 Australians aged 14+ in 2016, up 3.6 per cent since 2015. "Coles Magazine" remained the most widely-read print magazine during the period, with an average readership of 3,729,000 per issue (an increase of 24.5 per cent). Meanwhile, "Better Homes & Gardens" and "Australian Women’s Weekly" continue to have the highest Cross-Platform Audiences, at 2,112,000 and 1,965,000 respectively.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Seven probe set to clear Worner as director quits

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Original article by Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian – Page: 1 & 7 : 3-Feb-17

Law firm Allens has completed its investigation into the allegations against Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner made by former employee Amber Harrison. The Allens report is expected to exonerate Worner, who has admitted that he had a sexual relationship with Harrison. Meanwhile, Sheila McGregor has resigned from the board of Seven West Media. It is believed that she had concerns about the way the company has handled the Harrison scandal.

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SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, ALLENS, GILBERT AND TOBIN LAWYERS, IINET LIMITED

Pay-TV defies on-demand boost

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Original article by Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian – Page: 25 : 23-Jan-17

Data from Roy Morgan Research shows that around 2.27 million Australian households had a Netflix subscription in December 2016. Some 428,000 homes have a Stan subscription, while about 151,000 homes use Presto. The figures also show that 2.42 million homes have a Foxtel subscription and 200,000 homes use FetchTV. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine notes that despite the growing use of subscription video-on-demand services, traditional free-to-air TV remains the main source of video content for Australian consumers.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FETCHTV PTY LTD, AMAZON PRIME

Sportsbet takes AFL TV deal from CrownBet

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 19-Jan-17

Sportsbet has secured a deal to be the betting sponsor of Seven West Media’s Australian Football League broadcasts in 2017. However, rival online bookmaker CrownBet is the AFL’s official wagering partner, which gives it the first right to buy betting advertisements during the AFL broadcasts of both Seven and pay-TV channel Fox Footy. Meanwhile, CrownBet CEO Matthew Tripp says the company plans to expand its rewards scheme in states such as Western Australia.

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SPORTSBET AUSTRALIA, CROWNBET PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, FOX FOOTY CHANNEL, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN, CLUBS NSW PTY LTD, RACING VICTORIA LIMITED, TABCORP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TAH, WILLIAM HILL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, BET365 GROUP LIMITED, BETEASY PTY LTD, PADDY POWER PLC

Seven and Ten battle it out for top sports bragging rights

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 16-Jan-17

The Ten Network’s coverage of the Big Bash League will directly compete with the 2017 Australian Open in prime-time on the Seven Network. A total of nine BBL matches will clash with the Australian Open coverage, compared with just four in 2016. Seven has also launched a paid digital service to complements its free-to-air coverage of the Australian Open, while highlights will also be streamed via Twitter.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, BIG BASH LEAGUE, AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS, TWITTER INCORPORATED, KIA MOTORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, DAVIDE CAMPARI-MILANO SPA, WILLIAM HILL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, BLACKMORES LIMITED – ASX BKL

A-League soccer strikes record $346m TV deal with Fox

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 21-Dec-16

Fox Sports has secured a six-year deal to broadcast the A-League, as well as matches featuring the Socceroos and the Matildas. The pay-TV group will pay $A310m for the broadcasting rights, plus $A36m in contra advertising. The deal is worth about $A58m a year, although Football Federation Australia had been hoping to gain around $A80m a year. FFA has yet to secure a free-to-air broadcaster for soccer matches, but CEO Geoff Gallop says the major networks have expressed interest.

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FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED, THE A LEAGUE PTY LTD, SOCCEROOS, MATILDAS, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, CRICKET AUSTRALIA, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, ADARA PARTNERS, NIELSEN SPORTS AUSTRALIA

Importance of using Roy Morgan’s Cross-Platform Audience measurement proven by Bauer and News Corp’s decisions to pull out of AMAA

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B&T – Page: online : 19-Dec-16

In the past week both Bauer Media and now News Corp’s magazines division have made the decision to withdraw from the Audited Media Association of Australia (AMAA) magazine circulation measurement system (as reported in B&T’s article "Is This The End For The AMAA as News Corp Follows Bauer And Pulls The Audit Pin?"). Both magazine publishers have argued that the AMAA doesn’t properly capture the new reality by measuring digital readership of titles properly. The Roy Morgan Cross-Platform Audience figures which measure across print, website and app are the most accurate way to properly measure the breadth of readership of a title – whether a magazine or a newspaper. Advertisers are increasingly relying on the average issue readership figures provided by the Roy Morgan Cross-Platform Audience metric to buy their print advertising to target the correct audience.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, AUDITED MEDIA ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Foxtel, Village’s landmark win to block pirates

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Original article by Jake Mitchell, David Swan
The Australian – Page: 19 & 22 : 16-Dec-16

The Federal Court of Australia has ruled that ISP must block access to five illegal file-sharing websites within 15 days. Foxtel and Village Roadshow had launched separate legal proceedings in a bid to combat the pirating of films and TV shows. Village Roadshow’s joint CEO Graham Burke has welcomed the judgment, arguing that the local film and TV production industry would collapse if action is not taken against such websites. Foxtel and Village Roadshow will have to pay the ISPs’ costs for blocking the infringing sites.

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, VILLAGE ROADSHOW LIMITED – ASX VRL, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, IINET LIMITED, M2 GROUP LIMITED, 21ST CENTURY FOX INCORPORATED, WALT DISNEY COMPANY, WARNER BROS, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, ASHURST AUSTRALIA

Howcroft tunes in to PwC marketing

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 21 : 13-Dec-16

TV executive and "Gruen" panellist Russel Howcroft will become chief creative officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers in early 2017. Howcroft has been the executive general manager of the Ten Network’s Melbourne operations for four years, while he also chairs the Think TV lobby group. PwC has hired several other former advertising industry executives in recent months.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AUSTRALIA (INTERNATIONAL) PTY LTD, THINK TV, OGILVY AUSTRALIA, TBWA, CLEMENGER BBDO (BRISBANE) PTY LTD

Fault call on Seven charge for tennis

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 21 : 13-Dec-16

Australian Subscription Television & Radio Association CEO Andrew Maiden has expressed concern about Seven West Media’s plan to offer paid access to exclusive online content as part of its coverage of the 2017 Australian Open. Maiden has told Communications Minister Mitch Fifield that Seven’s plans are contrary to the anti-siphoning list for sports broadcasts. A Seven spokesman has stressed that all matches broadcast by the network during the 2016-17 summer can be viewed for free.

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AUSTRALIAN SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION AND RADIO ASSOCIATION (ASTRA) INCORPORATED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, DISCOVERY NETWORKS ASIA PACIFIC, BBC WORLDWIDE AUSTRALIA, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED